Corinth Object: L 2663
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   L 2663
Title:   ROMAN LAMP BRONEER TYPE XXVII
Category Code:   L
Object Number:   2663
Description:   Lamp with flat bottom, groove, deep flaring body with slight convex curve, broad low-sloping rim, shallow concave disk with framing groove, fill hole above back of animal, air hole at edge of disk, pierced lug handle.
Decoration:   Bottom: heart-shaped leaf in low relief; rim: running spirals, broken by plain panels; disk: animal standing facing lt., possibly a ram with down-curving horns. Handle: 3 grooves on top.
Material:   Fine off-white clay, with abundant fine voids, rare fine black inclusions.
Munsell Color:   Between 2.5Y 8/2 and 10YR 8/2
Condition:   Complete profile. Intact except for nozzle; Burning on nozzle.
Manufacture:   MM
Dimensions Actual:   H00.045 (max) H00.036 (rim) W00.076
Dimensions Preserved:   L00.093
Period:   Middle Roman (2/2 2nd c-4th c AD)
Chronology:   2nd half 2nd or early 3rd c. A.C.
Area:   Asklepieion
Context:   NB126 P116
Site:   Asklepeion
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Asklepieion
Image: bw 1999 039 01
Basket: NB126 P116
Notebook Page: NB 126, spread 63 (pp. 116 - 117)